Ugo Molteni
@molteniu.bsky.social
Research Scientist at WSL (Switzerland) specializing in forest ecology and biosphere-atmosphere interactions. PhD in environment science and atmospheric chemistry.
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📢 Call for Abstracts – @egu.eu 2026
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VOCs at the Biosphere-Atmosphere Interface:
From Molecular Mechanisms to Global Models🌱🧪🌐
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From Molecular Mechanisms to Global Models🌱🧪🌐
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Co-hosting this session at #EGU2026 and we're looking for YOUR research! 🌱
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It's frustrating that we are getting technologies that really will transform our lives, and we should be thinking carefully about what that means, but the possibility of thoughtful discussion is being squelched by a stream of soul-crushing visions and wild hyperbole coming from Silicon Valley.
Everything about this might be the saddest thing I’ve ever seen
November 24, 2025 at 2:47 PM
It's frustrating that we are getting technologies that really will transform our lives, and we should be thinking carefully about what that means, but the possibility of thoughtful discussion is being squelched by a stream of soul-crushing visions and wild hyperbole coming from Silicon Valley.
Co-hosting this session at #EGU2026 and we're looking for YOUR research! 🌱
📢 Call for Abstracts – @egu.eu 2026
Join our session on
VOCs at the Biosphere-Atmosphere Interface:
From Molecular Mechanisms to Global Models🌱🧪🌐
🔗 meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU26/sessio...
@molteniu.bsky.social @wslresearch.bsky.social @riikkarinnan.bsky.social @voltcenter.bsky.social
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VOCs at the Biosphere-Atmosphere Interface:
From Molecular Mechanisms to Global Models🌱🧪🌐
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@molteniu.bsky.social @wslresearch.bsky.social @riikkarinnan.bsky.social @voltcenter.bsky.social
November 20, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Co-hosting this session at #EGU2026 and we're looking for YOUR research! 🌱
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📢 Call for Abstracts – @egu.eu 2026
Join our session on
VOCs at the Biosphere-Atmosphere Interface:
From Molecular Mechanisms to Global Models🌱🧪🌐
🔗 meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU26/sessio...
@molteniu.bsky.social @wslresearch.bsky.social @riikkarinnan.bsky.social @voltcenter.bsky.social
Join our session on
VOCs at the Biosphere-Atmosphere Interface:
From Molecular Mechanisms to Global Models🌱🧪🌐
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@molteniu.bsky.social @wslresearch.bsky.social @riikkarinnan.bsky.social @voltcenter.bsky.social
November 18, 2025 at 3:40 PM
📢 Call for Abstracts – @egu.eu 2026
Join our session on
VOCs at the Biosphere-Atmosphere Interface:
From Molecular Mechanisms to Global Models🌱🧪🌐
🔗 meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU26/sessio...
@molteniu.bsky.social @wslresearch.bsky.social @riikkarinnan.bsky.social @voltcenter.bsky.social
Join our session on
VOCs at the Biosphere-Atmosphere Interface:
From Molecular Mechanisms to Global Models🌱🧪🌐
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@molteniu.bsky.social @wslresearch.bsky.social @riikkarinnan.bsky.social @voltcenter.bsky.social
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Mindscape 331 | Solo: Fine-Tuning, God, and the Multiverse. In which I shamelessly steal material from the #PhilosophyOfCosmology course I am teaching to talk about some big questions. #MindscapePodcast
www.preposterousuniverse.com/podcast/2025...
www.preposterousuniverse.com/podcast/2025...
October 6, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Mindscape 331 | Solo: Fine-Tuning, God, and the Multiverse. In which I shamelessly steal material from the #PhilosophyOfCosmology course I am teaching to talk about some big questions. #MindscapePodcast
www.preposterousuniverse.com/podcast/2025...
www.preposterousuniverse.com/podcast/2025...
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The lightweight and minimally invasive ECOvette enables real-time measurements of VOCs, CO₂, and water vapour at the leaf level. Integrated multi-sensor monitoring of leaf temperature as well as ambient temperature and humidity ensures robust field data under natural conditions.
The lightweight and minimally invasive ECOvette enables real-time measurements of VOCs, CO₂, and water vapour at the leaf level. Integrated multi-sensor monitoring of leaf temperature as well as ambient temperature and humidity ensures robust field data under natural conditions.
September 26, 2025 at 1:33 PM
The lightweight and minimally invasive ECOvette enables real-time measurements of VOCs, CO₂, and water vapour at the leaf level. Integrated multi-sensor monitoring of leaf temperature as well as ambient temperature and humidity ensures robust field data under natural conditions.
The lightweight and minimally invasive ECOvette enables real-time measurements of VOCs, CO₂, and water vapour at the leaf level. Integrated multi-sensor monitoring of leaf temperature as well as ambient temperature and humidity ensures robust field data under natural conditions.
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We are searching for a Forest Ecophysiologist (tenure track Assistant or Associate Professor) to join the Department of Forest and Conservation Sciences, University of British Columbia Faculty of Forestry. Please share! Details are here: ubc.wd10.myworkdayjobs.com/ubcfacultyjobs
September 25, 2025 at 9:28 PM
We are searching for a Forest Ecophysiologist (tenure track Assistant or Associate Professor) to join the Department of Forest and Conservation Sciences, University of British Columbia Faculty of Forestry. Please share! Details are here: ubc.wd10.myworkdayjobs.com/ubcfacultyjobs
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Join us for our next Biodiversity Seminar (24 Sep) with @sofiavanmoorsel.bsky.social (University of Zurich):
Drought Responses and Intraspecific Variation in European Beech Across Europe.
All welcome, in-person or online!
biodiversitycenter.wsl.ch/en/events/de...
Drought Responses and Intraspecific Variation in European Beech Across Europe.
All welcome, in-person or online!
biodiversitycenter.wsl.ch/en/events/de...
September 19, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Join us for our next Biodiversity Seminar (24 Sep) with @sofiavanmoorsel.bsky.social (University of Zurich):
Drought Responses and Intraspecific Variation in European Beech Across Europe.
All welcome, in-person or online!
biodiversitycenter.wsl.ch/en/events/de...
Drought Responses and Intraspecific Variation in European Beech Across Europe.
All welcome, in-person or online!
biodiversitycenter.wsl.ch/en/events/de...
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Mindscape 327 | Cass Sunstein on Liberalism. He defines "liberalism" broadly, including folks from Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher to Martin Luther King and Franklin Roosevelt. #MindscapePodcast
www.preposterousuniverse.com/podcast/2025...
www.preposterousuniverse.com/podcast/2025...
September 1, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Mindscape 327 | Cass Sunstein on Liberalism. He defines "liberalism" broadly, including folks from Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher to Martin Luther King and Franklin Roosevelt. #MindscapePodcast
www.preposterousuniverse.com/podcast/2025...
www.preposterousuniverse.com/podcast/2025...
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The first of many! We have published the first individual video from JuliaCon Global 2025, the Introduction to Julia Workshop!
Check it out and look out for over 200 additional videos from Pittsburgh to be published over the coming weeks!
youtu.be/46hkaaDBgX4
#JuliaLang #JuliaCon #Programming #CS
Check it out and look out for over 200 additional videos from Pittsburgh to be published over the coming weeks!
youtu.be/46hkaaDBgX4
#JuliaLang #JuliaCon #Programming #CS
Introduction to Julia | JuliaCon Global 2025 | Bauman, Meitz, Madureira
YouTube video by The Julia Programming Language
youtu.be
September 17, 2025 at 7:37 AM
The first of many! We have published the first individual video from JuliaCon Global 2025, the Introduction to Julia Workshop!
Check it out and look out for over 200 additional videos from Pittsburgh to be published over the coming weeks!
youtu.be/46hkaaDBgX4
#JuliaLang #JuliaCon #Programming #CS
Check it out and look out for over 200 additional videos from Pittsburgh to be published over the coming weeks!
youtu.be/46hkaaDBgX4
#JuliaLang #JuliaCon #Programming #CS
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Air pollutants, biodiversity loss, and climate stress - the pressures on forests have changed. Long-term measurements are crucial for identifying impacts at an early stage. They are a basis for forest management and environmental policy. @waldwissen.bsky.social: www.waldwissen.net/en/technique...
Forest ecosystems in transition: the findings of 40 years of research
Air pollutants, biodiversity loss, climate stress - the pressures on forests have changed. Long-term measurements are essential to identify the effects at an early stage. The resulting data forms a ba...
www.waldwissen.net
September 17, 2025 at 10:56 AM
Air pollutants, biodiversity loss, and climate stress - the pressures on forests have changed. Long-term measurements are crucial for identifying impacts at an early stage. They are a basis for forest management and environmental policy. @waldwissen.bsky.social: www.waldwissen.net/en/technique...
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#FWF Präsident Christof Gattringer befürchtet starke Budgeteinsparungen für #Grundlagenforschung in Österreich: 800 Arbeitsplätze könnten durch Kürzungen wegfallen. Die Unis würden dadurch weiter an Boden bei der Spitzenforschung verlieren.
via @derstandard.at 👉
www.derstandard.at/story/300000...
via @derstandard.at 👉
www.derstandard.at/story/300000...
800 Arbeitsplätze könnten durch Kürzungen bei Forschung wegfallen
FWF-Präsident Christof Gattringer befürchtet ein "massiv zurückgehendes Budget" für Grundlagenforschung in Österreich
www.derstandard.at
September 16, 2025 at 1:07 PM
#FWF Präsident Christof Gattringer befürchtet starke Budgeteinsparungen für #Grundlagenforschung in Österreich: 800 Arbeitsplätze könnten durch Kürzungen wegfallen. Die Unis würden dadurch weiter an Boden bei der Spitzenforschung verlieren.
via @derstandard.at 👉
www.derstandard.at/story/300000...
via @derstandard.at 👉
www.derstandard.at/story/300000...
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📢 The Federal Council plans to reduce the SNSF's budget by 270 million Swiss francs. The SNSF rejects these cuts. However, in order to be prepared, it has decided to cut costs in consultation with all partners.
➡️https://sohub.io/n2b1
#research #science #CHParl
➡️https://sohub.io/n2b1
#research #science #CHParl
Federal budget cuts: impact on the SNSF
The SNSF rejects the cuts but is preparing for them. Together with its partners, it has decided to cut costs across several funding schemes.
www.snf.ch
September 17, 2025 at 9:50 AM
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Last Saturday, around 250 people gained an in-depth insight into afforestation and other #research work at #Stillberg in #Davos, where the #SLF and @wslresearch.bsky.social planted 92'000 trees 50 years ago.
More impressions can be found in the news article: www.slf.ch/en/news/ruec...
📷️ Haoyun Liu
More impressions can be found in the news article: www.slf.ch/en/news/ruec...
📷️ Haoyun Liu
September 15, 2025 at 9:35 AM
Last Saturday, around 250 people gained an in-depth insight into afforestation and other #research work at #Stillberg in #Davos, where the #SLF and @wslresearch.bsky.social planted 92'000 trees 50 years ago.
More impressions can be found in the news article: www.slf.ch/en/news/ruec...
📷️ Haoyun Liu
More impressions can be found in the news article: www.slf.ch/en/news/ruec...
📷️ Haoyun Liu
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In cellular automata, simple rules create elaborate structures. Now researchers are working backward — starting with the result to learn the rules behind it. @georgemusser.com, SFI’s 2025 Journalism Fellow, explores how this could reshape computation and self-organization in Quanta:
Self-Assembly Gets Automated in Reverse of ‘Game of Life’ | Quanta Magazine
In cellular automata, simple rules create elaborate structures. Now researchers can start with the structures and reverse-engineer the rules.
www.quantamagazine.org
September 12, 2025 at 5:54 PM
In cellular automata, simple rules create elaborate structures. Now researchers are working backward — starting with the result to learn the rules behind it. @georgemusser.com, SFI’s 2025 Journalism Fellow, explores how this could reshape computation and self-organization in Quanta:
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@clechartre.bsky.social reimplemented #BIOME4 into a modular, high-performance #Julia version, enabling 1 km vegetation modeling 🌱 and integration of #CHELSA climate datasets. 🌦️ We can now simulate biome patterns across complex terrains ⛰️ and define biome boundaries with greater accuracy. 🎯
July 10, 2025 at 7:32 PM
@clechartre.bsky.social reimplemented #BIOME4 into a modular, high-performance #Julia version, enabling 1 km vegetation modeling 🌱 and integration of #CHELSA climate datasets. 🌦️ We can now simulate biome patterns across complex terrains ⛰️ and define biome boundaries with greater accuracy. 🎯
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New Fossils From Earth’s Most Famous Extinction Show Climate Tipping Point Was Crossed
astrobiology.com/2025/07/new-... #astrobiology #ImpactEvent #ClimateChange
astrobiology.com/2025/07/new-... #astrobiology #ImpactEvent #ClimateChange
New Fossils From Earth’s Most Famous Extinction Show Climate Tipping Point Was Crossed - Astrobiology
The collapse of tropical forests during Earth’s most catastrophic extinction event was the primary cause of the prolonged global warming which followed, according to new research.
astrobiology.com
July 4, 2025 at 4:57 PM
New Fossils From Earth’s Most Famous Extinction Show Climate Tipping Point Was Crossed
astrobiology.com/2025/07/new-... #astrobiology #ImpactEvent #ClimateChange
astrobiology.com/2025/07/new-... #astrobiology #ImpactEvent #ClimateChange
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More and more dangerous forest pests and diseases are entering Switzerland with trade or travellers. Since 2025, these are being monitored throughout Switzerland. The WSL has published a new factsheet on this topic: www.wsl.ch/en/news/inte... #ForestProtectionSwitzerland #QuarantineOrganisms #Pests
July 3, 2025 at 7:46 AM
More and more dangerous forest pests and diseases are entering Switzerland with trade or travellers. Since 2025, these are being monitored throughout Switzerland. The WSL has published a new factsheet on this topic: www.wsl.ch/en/news/inte... #ForestProtectionSwitzerland #QuarantineOrganisms #Pests
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Con le merci o i viaggiatori entrano in Svizzera sempre più parassiti e malattie forestali pericolose. Questi vengono monitorati in tutta la Svizzera dal 2025. Il WSL ha prodotto una nuova scheda informativa sull'argomento: www.wsl.ch/it/news/rile... #ProtezioneDellaForestaSvizzera #OrganismiNocivi
July 3, 2025 at 7:59 AM
Con le merci o i viaggiatori entrano in Svizzera sempre più parassiti e malattie forestali pericolose. Questi vengono monitorati in tutta la Svizzera dal 2025. Il WSL ha prodotto una nuova scheda informativa sull'argomento: www.wsl.ch/it/news/rile... #ProtezioneDellaForestaSvizzera #OrganismiNocivi
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Plants use sugar produced during daylight as a key signal to sense heat and regulate growth, revealing a complex, multi-layered system for temperature response beyond protein sensors. doi.org/g9rzk9
How sugar serves as a hidden thermostat in plants
For a decade, scientists have believed that plants sense temperature mainly through specialized proteins, and mainly at night when the air is cool.
phys.org
July 2, 2025 at 2:47 AM
Plants use sugar produced during daylight as a key signal to sense heat and regulate growth, revealing a complex, multi-layered system for temperature response beyond protein sensors. doi.org/g9rzk9
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pray for climate action instead, Gov.
June 27, 2025 at 7:10 PM
pray for climate action instead, Gov.
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Are you #geoscience #teacher in higher education? Apply for EGU 2025 teaching Grant and get up to €750 for your teaching #materials.
Submission can cover any geoscience topic, including laboratory or fieldwork.
📆 Application deadline: 10 July 2025
🔗 egu.eu/8M1N74
📷: Angel Ling on imaggeo.egu.eu
Submission can cover any geoscience topic, including laboratory or fieldwork.
📆 Application deadline: 10 July 2025
🔗 egu.eu/8M1N74
📷: Angel Ling on imaggeo.egu.eu
June 22, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Are you #geoscience #teacher in higher education? Apply for EGU 2025 teaching Grant and get up to €750 for your teaching #materials.
Submission can cover any geoscience topic, including laboratory or fieldwork.
📆 Application deadline: 10 July 2025
🔗 egu.eu/8M1N74
📷: Angel Ling on imaggeo.egu.eu
Submission can cover any geoscience topic, including laboratory or fieldwork.
📆 Application deadline: 10 July 2025
🔗 egu.eu/8M1N74
📷: Angel Ling on imaggeo.egu.eu
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once again I must tap my own sign
June 5, 2025 at 9:13 PM
once again I must tap my own sign
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Automated programs gathering training data for artificial-intelligence tools are overwhelming academic websites
https://go.nature.com/43mDecG
https://go.nature.com/43mDecG
Web-scraping AI bots cause disruption for scientific databases and journals
Automated programs gathering training data for artificial-intelligence tools are overwhelming academic websites.
go.nature.com
June 2, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Automated programs gathering training data for artificial-intelligence tools are overwhelming academic websites
https://go.nature.com/43mDecG
https://go.nature.com/43mDecG
This article really captures that duality so many people with ADHD experience
Researchers with ADHD discuss its peaks and valleys and how they structure their work lives to succeed
https://go.nature.com/3FitQh4
https://go.nature.com/3FitQh4
Scientists with ADHD speak up: when fire meets focus
Nature - Researchers with ADHD discuss its peaks and valleys and how they structure their work lives to succeed.
go.nature.com
June 2, 2025 at 6:48 PM
This article really captures that duality so many people with ADHD experience